United States forces started integration during the Korean War, due to much needed support. Black and Whites worked together for the first time.
16 Nations sent forces to fight in the Korean War.
Over 3 million people died in the Korean War.
The Korean War was fought between North Korea (along with the Chinese about halfway through the war), and the United Nations with South Korea.
It was a fight against communism.
The Korean War started on June 25th, 1950 and ended on July 27th, 1953.
Many soldiers experienced frostbite during the below 0 temperatures during Winter.
This was the first war where jets were used,
During the war the leaders were in North Korea was Kim il sung and in South Korea it was Syngman Rhee
Alot of war is just waiting around for something exciting to happen... troups often faced boredom as their biggest enemy.
Ground combat was where all te action was...Explosives were a big part of this war.
Another Combat scene of troups launching mortars.
This is a map of the U.S. aquatic Assualt on N. korean troops
This is a map of the occuring battles in the korean war.
"In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak….Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores."
— President Harry Truman28
United States forces started integration during the Korean War, due to much needed support. Black and Whites worked together for the first time.
16 Nations sent forces to fight in the Korean War.
Over 3 million people died in the Korean War.
The Korean War was fought between North Korea (along with the Chinese about halfway through the war), and the United Nations with South Korea.
It was a fight against communism.
The Korean War started on June 25th, 1950 and ended on July 27th, 1953.
Many soldiers experienced frostbite during the below 0 temperatures during Winter.
This was the first war where jets were used,
During the war the leaders were in North Korea was Kim il sung and in South Korea it was Syngman Rhee
Alot of war is just waiting around for something exciting to happen... troups often faced boredom as their biggest enemy.
"In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak….Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores."
— President Harry Truman28